Justice League Ben Affleck Offered to Direct Justice League

[DoomsdayApex]

For those unfamiliar with the Korean filmmakers I mentioned, check out Doomsday Book, I Saw The Devil and The Vengeance Trilogy.

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

I dont think the Korean filmmakers are possible until they have handled an American movie. Which one of them is directing Arnold in The Last Stand, by the way?

 

[DoomsdayApex]

Those last two in particular are fascinating to consider. Although I'm more intrigued by the idea of Park Chan-wook Batman movie now. But I digress.

Park Chan-Wook and Batman together would be orgasmic.

 

[DoomsdayApex]

I dont think the Korean filmmakers are possible until they have handled an American movie. Which one of them is directing Arnold in The Last Stand, by the way?

Yep -- Kim, due out next year.

 

[Homer J. Fong]

I dont think the Korean filmmakers are possible until they have handled an American movie. Which one of them is directing Arnold in The Last Stand, by the way?

That would Kim Ji-woon.

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

Ah. If anything, they would wait until The Last Stand is released if WB would give Ji-woon an offer for one of their movies.

 

[Micromind]

Brad Bird and Flash movie is such a fantastic combination that it is a crime that WB has not made this movie.

 

[Project862006]

Park Chan-Wook has Stoker coming out

 

[Lily Adler]

Brad Bird and Flash movie is such a fantastic combination that it is a crime that WB has not made this movie.

He's the director The Flash deserves, but not the one he needs right now.

 

[Homer J. Fong]

Dark Knight quote appreciated, but invalidated because The Flash both needs and deserves Brad Bird now!

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

It doesn't need Brad Bird. There are other directors who can capable of tackling the character too.

 

[Lily Adler]

It's okay people I'll do it. I just need to open the Paypal account and we'll get things started.

 

[The Guard]

I don't get the Brad Bird obsession. He's made some very good animated films, but Bird has yet to prove himself as a live action director. GHOST PROTOCOL wasn't exactly an impressive directorial effort. It had very little of the craft his animated films are associated with.

And...wanting a guy to make a Flash movie because he directed an animated film that featured a Flash ripoff?

Eh.

 

[Project862006]

really?GP has a 94% on RT and 97% with Top critics which is higher than TDKR and Avengers not to mention it made almost 700 million WW

 

[flickchick85]

GHOST PROTOCOL wasn't exactly an impressive directorial effort. It had very little of the craft his animated films are associated with.

I certainly thought it was. The script was weak, but the direction was beautiful. It's like Ebert said, the action scenes functioned as a kind of "action poetry." They were so smoothly constructed, with complete spacial clarity (something most action directors lack these days) and a rhythm and flow that absolutely displayed the craft of his animated work, imo.

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

I disagree with that. I say MIGP was not only a great movie, but to me it was the best Mission Impossible movie by a mile, mostly because of Bird.

 

[shauner111]

Park Chan-Wook directing a Batman movie? That would be the sickest thing to ever grace cinema.

 

[Rowsdower!]

Heh, yeah. Now THAT would be brutal and awesome. Kim Ji-woon could make an awesome Batman movie too.

 

[Project862006]

batman fight scene like the oldboy hammer fight can you imagine!!

 

[Rowsdower!]

Or a Joker murder scene link the car stabbing in I Saw the Devil.

 

[DoomsdayApex]

The Oldboy Hallway fight scene reminds me alot of Bruce's encounter with the prisoners in Begins -- brutal, dirty, gritty, etc.

Nolan ended the trilogy on a high note with an iconic Batman-Bane fight scene (in the sewers) but I can't wait to see what the new director has in-store for us.

 

[The Guard]

I certainly thought it was. The script was weak, but the direction was beautiful. It's like Ebert said, the action scenes functioned as a kind of "action poetry." They were so smoothly constructed, with complete spacial clarity (something most action directors lack these days) and a rhythm and flow that absolutely displayed the craft of his animated work, imo.

And if all THE JUSTICE LEAGUE was going to be was an action film, I would be okay with giving him a shot based on that.

 

[Llama_Shepherd]

He's one of the best. I'd personally let Snyder have a go, with someone else penning the script.

I'm not sure about this. If Zack would be willing to keep his Superman and Justice League stories separate, I'd be all for Snyder, he'd have a great visual flair and would no doubt give an aesthetically pleasing film all round.

 

[flickchick85]

And if all THE JUSTICE LEAGUE was going to be was an action film, I would be okay with giving him a shot based on that.

But the team dynamics in that one were handled better than any of the previous M:I movies as well, and one of my favorite sequences of the movie (when they sneak into the Kremlin) wasn't even an action sequence - it was just fun and suspenseful at the same time. The only thing weak about about MI:GP was the script. I can't find a single fault in the direction. So you want it better than GP? Let him direct AND write it, because when Bird actually has a hand in the script (which he didn't with GP), he tells a great, thoughtful story. He proved that 3 times in a row before GP.

So as a writer, he's proven to be a great storyteller, and as a live-action director, he proved that his animation background makes him a natural with action sequences and he's always had a flair for character dynamics. How do those ingredients NOT make for a great option for a JL movie?

 

[Rowsdower!]

The Oldboy Hallway fight scene reminds me alot of Bruce's encounter with the prisoners in Begins -- brutal, dirty, gritty, etc.

Nolan ended the trilogy on a high note with an iconic Batman-Bane fight scene (in the sewers) but I can't wait to see what the new director has in-store for us.

Yeah, I've enjoyed the fight sequences in all of Nolan's Batman films. Some people didn't like the close quarters approach of Batman Begins, but I was cool with it. And the epic fights between Batman and Bane in TDKR were outstanding.